Artist's Presentation Gherghina Costea

B I O G R A P H I C A L N O T E S
Born in 1955 in Romania. A graduate of the Bucharest University of Arts - “Nicolae Grigorescu”, Ceramic Art Department, in 1978. A full member of the Romanian Artists Association since 1990.

Her portfolio of activities includes participations in :
L O C A L A R T E V E N T S
# Quadrennial of Decorative Arts—Dalles Hall, 1980 and 1984
# National Art Exhibitions—Dalles Hall, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1988 and 1989
# Biennial of National Decorative Arts - National Theatre Gallery, 1991
# Municipal Decorative Arts Exhibitions, the National Museum of Art, the Collections Museum and Dalles Hall, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 ,1988
# Decorative Arts Show, the National Theatre Gallery, 1994 and 1996
# Decorative Arts Show, Cotroceni Museum, 1995 and 1996
# Biennial “The Arts of the Fire” , The National Theatre Gallery - 1998 and the Apollo Gallery - 2001
# Group Art Exhibition, Lebada Centre Gallery, 1999
# Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Cotroceni Museum, 2000
# “Artist of the month” , Gold Art Gallery— Hilton, 2001
# Ceramic Group Exhibition, Caminul Artei Gallery, 2002
# “Recipient” - Ceramic and Glass Group Exhibition, Orizont Gallery, 2002
# “The Forest in the Sleeping Beauty” a group exhibition and art-event, Caminul Artei Gallery, 2003
# “Options” - Eight Ceramists, Simeza Gallery, 2003
# “Recipient II” - Ceramic and Glass Group Exhibition, Caminul Artei Gallery, 2003
# “Decorative Arts Show”, Apollo Gallery, 2003
# “Flames in the Sky” Sculptural Ceramics and Woodwork - artshow of the participants in the Sangeorz Museum Symposium , Bistrita, 2004
# “Ceramic Art Show”, Bucharest, Apollo Gallery, 2005
# “Ambient” , Bucharest, Veroniky Art Gallery, 2006

I N T E R N A T I O N A L A R T E X H I B I T I O N S A N D C O N T E S T S
# International Binennial of Ceramic Art—Vallauris, France, 1982
# Quadrennial of Decorative Arts - Erfurt, Germany, 1986
# International Fashion Jewlery Exhibition, Jablonec, Czechoslovakia, 1987
# International Contest of Ceramic Art - Faenza, Italy, 1987
# European Exibition of Ceramic Art “Les Ceramistes d’Europe”, Auxerre, France, 1989
# International Triennial of Ceramic Art, Cairo, Egypt, 1992
# Decorative Arts Exhibition “Nimagine”, Nimes-Bagnol, France, 1992
# International Biennial of Arts, Nekkerhal - Mechelen, Belgium, 1996
# Romanian Art Exhibition - Budapest, Hungary, 1998

P E R S O N A L E X H I B I T I O N S
# 1983—Galateea Gallery, Bucharest
# 1988 - Galateea Gallery, Bucharest
# 1993 - Herriger Gallery, Erfstadt-Lechenich (Köln), Germany
# 1998 - Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
# 2006 - The Romanian Peasant's Museum, "Terra-Incognita" Project

A W A R D S
The National Award for the Arts of the Fire, 1999

Exposed Artworks

Decorative Art - 1 artworks